ROSEMONT, Ill. – A Purdue-record 76 student-athletes earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition for their academic excellence during the 2019-20 school year.
Student-athletes across the conference were recognized as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for achieving grade-point averages of 3.70 and better. Twenty-one of the Boilermakers' 76 honorees (28%) compiled flawless 4.0 GPAs during the 2019-20 school year. Eleven of Purdue's teams had at least one student-athlete with a 4.0.
Graduate student Evan Boudreaux (basketball) and juniors Megan Slamkowski (track & field/cross country), Dale Williams (swimming & diving) and Megan Johnson (swimming & diving) have maintained perfect 4.0 marks for the entirety of their academic careers at Purdue.
Boudreaux completed his master's program in May, headlining a group of 12 Boilermakers that were Big Ten Distinguished Scholars as well as May graduates. That elite list also included: baseball's Matt Moore and Dalton Parker; golfer Filippo Massobrio; Maddy Duncan, Katie Luce and Alyssa Lum of women's soccer; softball's Halle Hixenbaugh; swimmers Anna Giesler, Natalie Mudd and Jinq En Phee; and Janae' Moffitt of track & field.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
Purdue had 234 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors during the 2019-20 school year.
The executive board and committee directors for the university's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (for 2020-21) was well represented among the Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. Those in both groups includes: swimming & diving's Caylee Casbon, Kelsey Macaddino and Maggie Merriman; wrestler Jared Florell, golfer Inez Wanamarta, Léony Boudreau of women's basketball; and Slamkowski of track & field/cross country. Softball's Alexa Binckes, a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, also served on Boiler SAAC's executive board as a senior this past school year. Florell was also selected for the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition.
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR NOTABLES
• Women's swimming & diving had a Purdue-best 19 student-athletes honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars this year.
• Hannah Melchiorre was a third-team Academic All-America honoree for women's soccer in 2019.
• Janae' Moffitt was Purdue's female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and a Big Ten champion in the high jump.
• Maddy Duncan was Purdue's female recipient of the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship award.
• Megan Johnson (swimming & diving) & Joe Weiler (golf) were also named Academic All-District for the at-large sports category in the spring.
• Greg Duncan was the Big Ten champion in 3-meter diving.
• Myia Dorsey helped Purdue win the Big Ten title in the 4x400 relay.
• Evan Boudreaux was the only men's basketball player in the conference to earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors while compiling a 4.0 GPA for 2019-20.
Student-athletes across the conference were recognized as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for achieving grade-point averages of 3.70 and better. Twenty-one of the Boilermakers' 76 honorees (28%) compiled flawless 4.0 GPAs during the 2019-20 school year. Eleven of Purdue's teams had at least one student-athlete with a 4.0.
Graduate student Evan Boudreaux (basketball) and juniors Megan Slamkowski (track & field/cross country), Dale Williams (swimming & diving) and Megan Johnson (swimming & diving) have maintained perfect 4.0 marks for the entirety of their academic careers at Purdue.
Boudreaux completed his master's program in May, headlining a group of 12 Boilermakers that were Big Ten Distinguished Scholars as well as May graduates. That elite list also included: baseball's Matt Moore and Dalton Parker; golfer Filippo Massobrio; Maddy Duncan, Katie Luce and Alyssa Lum of women's soccer; softball's Halle Hixenbaugh; swimmers Anna Giesler, Natalie Mudd and Jinq En Phee; and Janae' Moffitt of track & field.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
Purdue had 234 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors during the 2019-20 school year.
The executive board and committee directors for the university's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (for 2020-21) was well represented among the Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. Those in both groups includes: swimming & diving's Caylee Casbon, Kelsey Macaddino and Maggie Merriman; wrestler Jared Florell, golfer Inez Wanamarta, Léony Boudreau of women's basketball; and Slamkowski of track & field/cross country. Softball's Alexa Binckes, a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, also served on Boiler SAAC's executive board as a senior this past school year. Florell was also selected for the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition.
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR NOTABLES
• Women's swimming & diving had a Purdue-best 19 student-athletes honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars this year.
• Hannah Melchiorre was a third-team Academic All-America honoree for women's soccer in 2019.
• Janae' Moffitt was Purdue's female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and a Big Ten champion in the high jump.
• Maddy Duncan was Purdue's female recipient of the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship award.
• Megan Johnson (swimming & diving) & Joe Weiler (golf) were also named Academic All-District for the at-large sports category in the spring.
• Greg Duncan was the Big Ten champion in 3-meter diving.
• Myia Dorsey helped Purdue win the Big Ten title in the 4x400 relay.
• Evan Boudreaux was the only men's basketball player in the conference to earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors while compiling a 4.0 GPA for 2019-20.
| 2019-20 BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS Student-athletes listed in bold had 4.0 GPAs in 2019-20 |
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| BASEBALL (4) Bryce Bonner Tanner Haston Matt Moore Dalton Parker MEN'S BASKETBALL (1) Evan Boudreaux WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (3) Léony Boudreau Tamara Farquhar Cassidy Hardin MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (2) John Pieper Blake Selm WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (5) Rachel Anderson Madeline Lilly Taylor Mortensen Leah Neustedter Megan Slamkowski FOOTBALL (4) Zander Horvath Eric Miller Jack Plummer Marc Roland MEN'S GOLF (4) Jason Hong Andrew Lewis Filippo Massobrio Joe Weiler WOMEN'S GOLF (2) Micaela Farah Inez Wanamarta WOMEN'S SOCCER (8) Maddy Duncan Maya Lambert Paige Liebel Katie Luce Alyssa Lum Hannah Melchiorre Aly Mielke Julia Ware SOFTBALL (6) Alexa Binckes Kendall Chase Alex Echazarreta Kaeley Hallada Halle Hixenbaugh Molly Meenan |
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (4) Ben Bramley Greg Duncan Gabi Gomez Treig Dale Williams WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (19) Caylee Casbon Emily Converse Sydnee Emerson Anna Giesler Katie Hughes Megan Johnson McKenna Jule Evan King Riley Kishman Kelsey Macaddino Emily Meaney Maggie Merriman Paige Miller Natalie Mudd Natalie Myers Angela Pan Jinq En Phee Reagan Thom Tessa Wrightson WOMEN'S TENNIS (1) Zala Dovnik MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (2) Garrett Lee William Young WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (5) Rebecca Coan Myia Dorsey Chandler Dykstra Janae' Moffitt Tessa Sheets VOLLEYBALL (3) Hayley Bush Marissa Hornung Emma Terwilliger WRESTLING (3) Jared Florell Bjorn Schroeder Ethan Smiley |